<s>
is	O
a	O
horizontally	O
scrolling	O
shooter	O
by	O
Capcom	O
,	O
released	O
as	O
an	O
arcade	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
in	O
1985	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
home	O
version	O
was	O
published	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	O
Entertainment	O
System	O
in	O
1987	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
arcade	B-Application
version	O
was	O
re-released	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
Capcom	B-Application
Classics	I-Application
Collection	I-Application
Vol	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
and	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
,	O
Capcom	B-Application
Classics	I-Application
Collection	I-Application
Remixed	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Capcom	B-Application
Arcade	I-Application
Cabinet	I-Application
for	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
and	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
maneuvers	O
the	O
space	O
ranger	O
throughout	O
the	O
enemy	O
space	O
station	O
,	O
which	O
consists	O
of	O
26	O
alphabetically	O
ordered	O
corridors	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
sections	O
"	O
,	O
starting	O
from	O
Section	O
A	O
and	O
ending	O
at	O
the	O
titular	O
Section	B-Device
Z	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
will	O
fight	O
an	O
enemy	O
boss	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
each	O
stage	O
,	O
concluding	O
with	O
the	O
final	O
battle	O
against	O
the	O
"	O
L	O
Brain	O
"	O
at	O
Section	B-Device
Z	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
console	O
version	O
of	O
Section	B-Device
Z	I-Device
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	O
Entertainment	O
System	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
and	O
Europe	O
in	O
1987	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
contrast	O
to	O
the	O
alphabetical	O
sections	O
in	O
the	O
arcade	B-Application
version	O
,	O
the	O
sections	O
in	O
the	O
NES	O
version	O
are	O
numbered	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Famicom	O
version	O
in	O
Japan	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
Disk	O
Card	O
format	O
for	O
the	O
Family	B-Device
Computer	I-Device
Disk	I-Device
System	I-Device
add-on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
contrast	O
to	O
its	O
NES	O
counterpart	O
,	O
which	O
makes	O
the	O
player	O
complete	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
one	O
sitting	O
,	O
the	O
Disk	B-Device
System	I-Device
allowed	O
players	O
to	O
save	O
their	O
progress	O
in	O
one	O
of	O
three	O
save	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
English	O
localization	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
manual	O
identifies	O
the	O
main	O
character	O
as	O
"	O
Captain	B-Application
Commando	I-Application
"	O
,	O
a	O
fictional	O
spokesman	O
for	O
Capcom	O
USA	O
who	O
later	O
starred	O
in	O
his	O
own	O
video	B-Application
game	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
Game	O
Machine	O
listed	O
Section	B-Device
Z	I-Device
on	O
their	O
January	O
15	O
,	O
1986	O
issue	O
as	O
being	O
the	O
eighth	O
most-successful	O
table	O
arcade	B-Application
unit	O
of	O
the	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
Federico	O
Tiraboschi	O
of	O
Hardcore	O
Gaming	O
101	O
compared	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
Namco	O
's	O
Baraduke	B-Application
,	O
released	O
earlier	O
in	O
1985	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
noted	O
that	O
in	O
"	O
both	O
games	O
the	O
players	O
control	O
a	O
free-range	O
spaceman	O
with	O
a	O
jetpack	O
traversing	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
sectors	O
scrolling	O
both	O
horizontally	O
and	O
vertically	O
,	O
"	O
but	O
that	O
"	O
in	O
Baraduke	B-Application
the	O
player	O
characters	O
are	O
affected	O
by	O
gravity	O
and	O
their	O
gun	O
's	O
recoil.	O
"	O
</s>
